page_title: Jagadish Chandra Bose
section_title: Legacy and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Jagadish Chandra Bose / Legacy and honors
caption_attribution_description: Residential house of Acharya Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose become museum at A P C Roy road, Kolkata at night.
context_page_description: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose CSI CIE FRS
  , also spelled Jagdish and Jagadis, was a biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. He pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made significant contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science. Bose is considered the father of Bengali science fiction, and also invented the crescograph, a device for measuring the growth of plants. A crater on the moon has been named in his honour. He founded Bose Institute, a premier research institute of India and also one of its oldest. Established in 1917, the Institute was the first interdisciplinary research centre in Asia. He served as the Director of Bose Institute from its inception until his death.
  Born in Munshiganj, Bengal Presidency, during British governance of India, Bose graduated from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. He went to the University of London, England to study medicine, but could not pursue studies in medicine because of health problems.
context_section_description: Bose's place in history has now been re-evaluated. His work may have contributed to the development of radio communication. He is also credited with discovering millimetre length electromagnetic waves and being a pioneer in the field of biophysics.
  Many of his instruments are still on display and remain largely usable now, over 100 years later. They include various antennas, polarisers, and waveguides, which remain in use in modern forms today.
  To commemorate his birth centenary in 1958, the JBNSTS scholarship programme was started in West Bengal. In the same year, India issued a postage stamp bearing his portrait.
  On 14 September 2012, Bose's experimental work in millimetre-band radio was recognised as an IEEE Milestone in Electrical and Computer Engineering, the first such recognition of a discovery in India.
  On 30 November 2016, Bose was celebrated in a Google Doodle on the 158th anniversary of his birth.
  The Bank of England has decided to redesign the 50 UK Pound currency note with an eminent scientist. Indian scientist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose has been featured in that nomination list for his pioneering work on Wifi technology.
  The J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, named in his honour.
  Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE, 1903)
  Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI, 1912)
  Knight Bachelor (1917)
  Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS, 1920)
  Member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, 1928
  President of the 14th session of the Indian Science Congress in 1927.
  Member of Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters in 1929.
  Member of the League of Nations' Committee for Intellectual Cooperation (from 1924 to 1931)
  Founding fellow of the National Institute of Sciences of India (now the Indian National Science Academy)
  The Indian Botanic Garden was renamed in his honour as the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden on 25 June 2009.
  In 2004, Bose was ranked number 7 in BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.
caption: Acharya Bhavan, the residence of J C Bose built in 1902, was turned into a museum.[37]
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